Jared McCain had another stellar outing for the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night against the Brooklyn Nets. In the absence of the All-Stars Joel Embiid and Paul George, the Sixers needed a group of guys to step up and fill the void of the star power lost to the injury report.

It was supposed to be the Brooklyn Nets’ turn to be warmed by the the Philadelphia 76ers dumpster fire tonight. But Jared McCain, extinguisher in hand, had other plans. With injuries transpiring, precarious podcast episodes dropping,

The Philadelphia 76ers entered their Friday night matchup against the Brooklyn Nets with intentions of having Joel Embiid on the floor for their NBA Cup action. Ahead of the team’s morning shootaround,

Joel Embiid, who was thrown on the injury report on Friday morning due to left knee injury management, is now out for the contest. He did not come out at all for warm ups which was the tell-tale sign that the big fella was not going to be able to give it a go.

Prior to Friday's game at the Philadelphia 76ers, Brooklyn Nets center Nic Claxton discussed his back injury and how he plans to play at the 76ers.